OFFICIAL
79.5
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
20.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
12.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
6.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
59.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
2.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
13.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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1. Good image size options.
2. All exclusive.
3. Great quality content!
1. No browse features.
2. Small video section.
3. No update schedule.
"This very high quality collection is sure to please." |
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Ron Harris is an erotic photographer who has been photographing beautiful women for over 40 years. His style is softcore and sexy, with great attention paid to quality. We reviewed his main site Ron Harris Studio a bit ago and I went into more detail on his impressive resume there. That site scored well and left this site, Ron Harris Archives, with a lot to live up to. The Archives are more softcore than the Studio, but both feature the same great photography and same beautiful models. The sites work well with each other, and members even get access to both sites with a single membership. Considering how impressed I was with his first site, I was looking forward to reviewing this one.
Logging in, the member's area is quite simple with a list of months as the only way to browse the galleries. There are 16 months online, each with between 6 and 30 galleries for a total of approximately 14,000 photos. Each gallery has a very impressive three image sizes with the largest an awesome looking 2000x1333 (available for download, as well, in a zip file). Quality is excellent. Click on the largest bad boy and it's like the model is right there with you, filling up your screen with beauty clear as day. Harris takes gorgeous pictures that are sure to please even the most discriminating viewer.
There's also a video section but it only contains five movies, most dated several months ago. They play in Windows Media at 1000k and look good, but not nearly as nice as the photos. Then again, this is a photographer's site so it's to be expected. The videos are just as sexy as the galleries. It's just a shame the collection isn't larger.
The majority of the themes here are very softcore. The models pose in gorgeous locations in simple, sexy lingerie and outfits. Most of the women look more like supermodels than pornstars. They're classy but not afraid to be sexy. There is full nudity, spread shots, and even girl-girl galleries, although the action never goes beyond kissing. The galleries are very erotic, but fans should be aware of their softcore nature.
I'm definitely a fan of Harris' collection of beautiful photos. The site is good sized and updates are frequent enough. There isn't a whole lot of extra content here, although access to Ron Harris Studio more than makes up for it. $30 a month isn't cheap but considering the quality of the content and bonus site access the cost is certainly justified. I'd like to see a larger video section and more browse features (particularly a model's index) would be nice but I can't argue with the content. These are two sites that are both worth a look from fans of erotic photography.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 09-22-06 |
Harris Archives has seen some changes, good and not so good, since our last visit a year ago. There are now 19 months of archives online, each with up to a dozen galleries. That's a good sized collection, but that's not as much growth as I would hope for. Only 3 months have been added in the last year. I'm not sure if they're updating regularly. The good news is that image size has seen a boost! The latest galleries offer photos at 3000x2000. These are simply gorgeous. You can get right into these sharp scenes at this size. The only other bit to report is that you no longer get free access to the Studio, although members of the Archives can join the Studio for half off. The lack of updates is hurting my score more than anything. This is such a quality site, I really hope those get back on track.
Score decreased from 82.2 to 79.5.
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